Ghana will introduce a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly, on March 25, designating the transatlantic slave trade as the most serious crime against humanity.
The action is in response to a promise made by John Dramani Mahama in his speech to the UN General Assembly the previous year.
The resolution, which was created with assistance from the African Union and Caribbean partners, aims to formally recognise racialised chattel enslavement and the trafficking of enslaved Africans as crimes of international importance.
The proposal emphasises the scope, duration, and long-term effects of the slave trade, especially how it shaped current inequality, according to Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
If approved, it would be the first all-encompassing UN resolution that addresses slavery and the transatlantic slave trade under one heading.
The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is on March 25, which is the date for consideration.
Ghana is leading the drive as the African Union’s reparations champion, and it has urged UN member states to endorse the resolution.
Before the vote, a wreath-laying ceremony will be performed on March 24 at the African Burial Ground in New York, followed by a high-level reparatory justice gathering.
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Source: newsthemegh.com